Category Archives: The Blogosphere

What would John Calvin Say to the NPP?

Posted on November 1, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

As someone who believed medieval Rome taught a piecemeal salvation through a treadmill of sacramental performance, something which he equated in its essence to that of inter-testamental Judaism (aka Pharisaism) as a religion which rung the changes on works-righteousness — … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 27, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Read about it here. [HT: Dr. Davila]

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Hauerwas, Liturgy and Aesthetics (or In Which Alastair is Unsure Whether or Not He Ought to Put His Tongue in His Cheek)

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

OK, it’s almost 4:30am and I still haven’t gone to bed. However, I felt that I had to post this Hauerwas quote, which has been doing the circuit of the blogs [HT: John Barach]. One reason why we Christians argue … Continue reading →

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A Critic of my Understanding of Liturgical Exegesis

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Lee, from Two-Edged Sword, posts a critique of my understanding of liturgy and the ontology of Scripture, as articulated in the following posts — ‘How Gutenberg Took the Bible From Us’ and ‘James Jordan, N.T. Wright, and Double Resurrection’. Lee … Continue reading →

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A World of Desires

Posted on October 13, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Leithart makes a good observation:— John’s suggestion that the world is made up not only of “things” (TA EN TO KOSMO, v. 15) but of desires is a rich insight. He doesn’t limit the world merely to the artifacts that … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 12, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Chris Tilling’s post should settle this question once and for all. Chief among the reason for my studying in the University of St. Andrews is the privilege of travelling in the slipstream of brilliant exegetes such as Chris.

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Ruminations on Two Posts from Peter Leithart

Posted on October 8, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Over the last few days Peter Leithart has posted two posts that have really resonated with issues that I have been thinking about of late. The following are some extensive thoughts sparked off by Leithart’s own comments.

Posted in Christian Experience, Controversies, NT Theology, The Blogosphere, The Sacraments, Theological | 3 Comments

Ben Witherington Posts

Posted on October 7, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Lessons from the Amish — The Power of Pacifism

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New Book on the Resurrection

Posted on October 6, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

This book does sounds interesting.

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Jim West on N.T. Wright

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Dr. Jim West asks why Wright is so famous and gets so much attention whilst other insightful scholars are overlooked. In a slightly uncharitable (but humorous) assessment, Dr. West comments that Wright “reads, he regurgitates it into the open mouths … Continue reading →

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